Casanova Monastery (Piedmont)
| Casanova Monastery | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Italy Piedmont |
| Coordinates: | 44 ° 52 '20 " N , 7 ° 47' 35" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
308 |
| founding year | 1130, 1137 or 1142 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1775 |
| Mother monastery | Tiglieto Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | La Ferté Monastery |
Casanova Monastery (Piedmont) (to be distinguished from Casanova Monastery (Abruzzo) ), is a former Cistercian abbey in the Piedmont region, Italy .
location
The monastery is located about 7 km east-northeast of Carmagnola in the metropolitan city of Turin on the road to Poirino near the Stellone stream .
history
The foundation of the monastery, a subsidiary of the Tiglieto monastery in Liguria from the filiation of the La Ferté primary abbey , is said to have been made in 1130, 1137 or 1142 by Manfred I , Margrave of Saluzzo . 1151 was the foundation of Pope Eugene III. approved. It is believed that there was a St. Mary's Church on the site of the later monastery. In 1242 Tiglieto sent a construction team to Casanova under the direction of the master Gandolfo. But Alberico was the first abbot of the monastery. 1195 confirmed Emperor Heinrich VI. the monastery in his possession. Donations made the monastery very wealthy. In the 15th century the monastery fell in Kommende , and from 1497 it belonged to the Cistercian congregation of St. Bernard. In 1775 the monastery was closed. The church has been a parish church since 1872.
Plant and buildings
The abbey church of Santa Maria, begun around 1155 and completed around 1200, is a cruciform brick basilica of the Fontenay type with a rectangular main choir, transept with two rectangular side chapels in the east with a nave with four double yokes in a bound system with early Gothic pointed arches. The choir and transept chapels are vaulted with a pointed barrel, and this was probably originally intended for the other components. Cross and octagonal pillars alternate. On the southern arm of the transept there is a high door to the former dormitory (the stairs are missing). The church was redesigned in Baroque style in 1680, but largely restored to its original state after 1960, although the baroque facade was retained. The monastery buildings to the south (right) of the church were renovated in the baroque style in the middle of the 18th century.
literature
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini, Breve prospetto delle abazie cistercensi d'Italia , o. O. (Casamari), 1964, without ISBN, pp. 52-53;
- Heinz Schomann, Reclam's art guide Italy I.2 , Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart 1982, p. 101, ISBN 3-15-010305-3 .